Why does Pizza cost so much ?

[Sea Moose]

You pay for what you get
https://www.hellpizza.com.au// <-- Thats where i get pizza from. They are a new zealand company, so godless astrom might have had it bfore.

Pizza Huts is fucking greasy

 

[BabaBooey]

Originally posted by: OCguy
Fail for not using Pizza Hut's online coupons.

There are constantly deals for large pizzas for $9.99 and 2nd large after that for a little less.

No doubt...OP is a hella fail,go stand in the corner,nose to the wall and hands at your side.


:laugh:

 

[IceBergSLiM]

Large cheese was 6.50 in college

 

[JoPh]

fast food pizza ftl

 

[CoinOperatedBoy]

I once walked in to pick up a pizza at Papa John's and one of the employees in the back was fkin LOSING IT. He had his manager up against a wall and was screaming in his face about how he wasn't late to work, and the manager has it out for him, cursing a lot, etc. The girl at the counter basically threw the pizza at me and gave me one of the manager's business cards that entitles you to a free pizza. Well, my girlfriend and I took turns ordering every week or two and we'd tell them on the phone that we had the card. So when we'd go to pick it up, they'd show a balance of $0 due, hand us the pizza, and not even ask for the card because they thought we paid online or something. I think we got 11 free pizzas before they finally got wise.

So yeah, best pizza deal is to witness an employee curse out a manager at Papa John's.

 

[oddyager]

Food in general has become more expensive.

 

[evident]

good pizza ingredients aren't cheap... but then again you ordered from shit pizza hut and not a mom and pop place so you woulda been paying $40 for crap pizza

 

[alkemyst]

keeps the poor from hogging all the pizza.

yum!

 

[QueBert]

Mom & Pop places don't have Stuffed Crust Pizza, so by virtue of that alone.

Pizza Hut > *

 

[Sea Moose]

Originally posted by: QueBert
Mom & Pop places don't have Stuffed Crust Pizza, so by virtue of that alone.

Pizza Hut > *

Hells Pizza > Pizza hut


Fact

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Shawn
Hungry Howies pizza - $5.75

Best chain pizza place I've ever eaten. Too bad there isn't one anywhere near NJ.

 

[nakedfrog]

Ugh, Pizza Hut wings are horrible anyway.

Originally posted by: guyver01
Papa Murphy's
Anthony's (colorado local nyc style pizza joint)
Blackjack

are ALL better than Pizza Hut.

Blackjack must have changed a lot in the last decade, the only virtue it had last time I ate it was that it was super cheap. Definitely wasn't better than PH. I had Anthony's last time I was out there, that was pretty good.

 

[evident]

if i had to eat a chain pizza place it would be papa johns, everything else is turd, especially dominos!!!!

 

[Homerboy]

any of the chain places mentioned in this thread SUCK. I really dont get how people with a choice order and eat that crap. Local Ma and Pop places will bury ANY of them 100xs over.

 

[pontifex]

i like the costco pizza. it's not going to win any awards but its pretty damn good for the price.

 

[Sea Moose]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell_Pizza <--- your wrong homerboy


Win

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: akshatp

I can go to the local Grocery store and buy 2 large Digorno's for $5 each

So why didnt you? And then add $8 for the frozen wings. And then preheat your oven for 15 minutes. Then cook the pizza. Then turn on your deep fryer (if you have one). Then fry your wings.

Good luck getting that frozen sodium pie evenly heated, and better luck getting everything to the table warm... should only take a couple of hours and a bunch of cleanup after.


I really dont understand people that complain about food prices from restaurants. Yes, they charge more than what they pay for it. WOW they make a profit, shame on them for trying to stay in business!!!

haha, you're doing something seriously wrong if you can't make a frozen pizza, eat it hot, and clean it up in less than an hour.

 

[A5]

Local Papa John's here has an internet-only BOGO coupon. 2 large specialty pizzas for $16? That's more like it.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: akshatp

I can go to the local Grocery store and buy 2 large Digorno's for $5 each

So why didnt you? And then add $8 for the frozen wings. And then preheat your oven for 15 minutes. Then cook the pizza. Then turn on your deep fryer (if you have one). Then fry your wings.

Good luck getting that frozen sodium pie evenly heated, and better luck getting everything to the table warm... should only take a couple of hours and a bunch of cleanup after.

haha, you're doing something seriously wrong if you can't make a frozen pizza, eat it hot, and clean it up in less than an hour.

Fifteen minutes to preheat the oven? And it doesn't cook evenly? I think someone needs a new oven. And how large of an order of frozen wings is that? A 1.5lb package, pre-cut, costs me $3.50 and usually yields 12-14 wings. Five minutes to preheat the oil, ten minutes for the wings to fry. Make the sauce while they're cooking, and all of this can be done while the pizza is in the oven. Everything should be done in under 30 minutes.

 

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: DLeRium

Originally posted by: BoomerD

Originally posted by: Udgnim
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While Costco's pizza aren't the best pizzas, it's dammed near impossible to beat the quality for the price. 18" pie for $9.99? Hell, I don't think you can make one at home for that price... I've seen people buying them for years, but never tried one...until last year. Now, probably 90% of the pizza we buy is from Costco.
(unfortunately for me, my wife is lactose intolerant, so we don't have pizza very often anymore)

Ok it's a good value but it's crap. It's like getting in on McDonalds deals. Seriously. Pizza hut with a coupon isn't even that much more, and I'd rather have decent pizza than crap pizza.

Costco's pizza is far better than the crap put out by Pizza Hut. Hell, PH is barely better than Domino's.

If I'm willing to splurge for GOOD pizza, there are several "mom & pop" pizzarias around here that are far better, and even a couple of small "chain pizzarias" that PWN pizza hut.

 

[acheron]

pizza hut has the best national chain pizza, but I usually order from one of a couple local places instead. sometimes I get "the hut" (lol) though. depends on my mood I guess. generally get a large pizza and breadsticks, usually it's always about the same price no matter where I'm ordering from.

then sometimes I make my own pizza (but that requires foresight and planning; if I'm ordering pizza it's because I didn't plan anything). and my favorite pizza is at a place I have to go out to, which is fine except when I am feeling lazy (again, that's why I'm ordering the pizza).

/blog

 

[SunnyD]

I make my own pizza at home. Cost of ingredients per 18" pie... probably less than $5 depending on the toppings. I'm sure running the oven costs about a buck for a pizza, so divide that by however many pizzas I'm making (usually 2).

Dough - total cost: Probably about a buck (made from scratch, includes yeast, flour, herbs, oil, salt and sugar)
Sauce - total cost: Probably about $0.50 (made from scratch, using organic canned tomato sauce, herbs, salt and sugar)
Cheese - total cost: Probably about $2-$3 depending on what I buy. Generally I use about 1/2lb to 3/4lb of cheese per pie, and a 2lb bag generally costs about $7 at the grocery store (less if I buy "bulk" at Costco).
Toppings - total cost: varies. I would venture a couple bucks worth of toppings. My kids and wife like pineapple, so we generally use a whole can. We get turkey pepperoni, which probably costs $4 per package, but lasts across about 6 pizzas or so.

A dash of cornmeal and some crisco on the stone are probably a couple pennies. My pizzas are definitely not "the best" category, but we (and friends that have had them) like them as much as or better than most chain pizza shops. I personally have had better pizza only once before at a small independent NY Pizzeria in Warsaw NY. Haven't had anything as good since. But honestly, when I can make a pie at home from ingredients that I know are healthy without any mysteries in them that my family genuinely enjoys for about $6 a pie and have fun doing it... there's no reason to pay $13 or more for someone else to make me one.

 

[Sea Moose]

Originally posted by: SunnyD
I make my own pizza at home. Cost of ingredients per 18" pie... probably less than $5 depending on the toppings. I'm sure running the oven costs about a buck for a pizza, so divide that by however many pizzas I'm making (usually 2).

Dough - total cost: Probably about a buck (made from scratch, includes yeast, flour, herbs, oil, salt and sugar)
Sauce - total cost: Probably about $0.50 (made from scratch, using organic canned tomato sauce, herbs, salt and sugar)
Cheese - total cost: Probably about $2-$3 depending on what I buy. Generally I use about 1/2lb to 3/4lb of cheese per pie, and a 2lb bag generally costs about $7 at the grocery store (less if I buy "bulk" at Costco).
Toppings - total cost: varies. I would venture a couple bucks worth of toppings. My kids and wife like pineapple, so we generally use a whole can. We get turkey pepperoni, which probably costs $4 per package, but lasts across about 6 pizzas or so.

A dash of cornmeal and some crisco on the stone are probably a couple pennies. My pizzas are definitely not "the best" category, but we (and friends that have had them) like them as much as or better than most chain pizza shops. I personally have had better pizza only once before at a small independent NY Pizzeria in Warsaw NY. Haven't had anything as good since. But honestly, when I can make a pie at home from ingredients that I know are healthy without any mysteries in them that my family genuinely enjoys for about $6 a pie and have fun doing it... there's no reason to pay $13 or more for someone else to make me one.

I have a far easier method.


Tell gf i want pizza for dinner.

She makes it or orders it

I eat pizza

profit

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: Sea Moose
I have a far easier method.


Tell gf i want pizza for dinner.

She makes it or orders it

I eat pizza

profit

Easy as that may be, I enjoy cooking. My family enjoys my cooking. My wife prefers it when I cook (who's wife wouldn't?).

If I want to eat out, we go to the bedroom.

 

[Sea Moose]

Originally posted by: SunnyD

Originally posted by: Sea Moose
I have a far easier method.


Tell gf i want pizza for dinner.

She makes it or orders it

I eat pizza

profit

Easy as that may be, I enjoy cooking. My family enjoys my cooking. My wife prefers it when I cook (who's wife wouldn't?).

If I want to eat out, we go to the bedroom.

respect!